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High-Energy Resolution Core Level Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Diffraction: Powerful Tools to Probe Physical and Chemical Properties of Solid Surfaces

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Since the seventies, core level spectroscopy has played a key role in elucidating the geometric and electronic structure of solid surfaces. Due to their high localization, core electrons are extremely sensitive to the chemical state and to the local environment, and for this reason can be used for the identification of local configurations. The high energy resolution now attainable with this technique (below 100 meV) and the reduced data acquisition time (down to few ms per spectrum) has opened the possibility to probe the physical and chemical properties of a large variety of low-dimensional systems and to shed light on complex processes taking place on solid surfaces. The characterization of the properties of mono- and bi-metallic materials, the investigation of the atomic and molecular interactions on solid surfaces and the recent findings on epitaxial graphene outline the potential of high energy resolution core level photoelectron spectroscopy and photoelectron diffraction as precious tools in determining nanoscale electronic, geometrical and chemical properties.

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Acknowledgments

Among all the people I’ve had the privilege to work with, I would like to thank Silvano Lizzit, with whom I’ve shared my experimental research activity in the field of core level photoelectron spectroscopy since 1994. I am grateful to many scientists who provided data, figures and images presented in this manuscript. In particular, I would like to thank D. Alfè, H.-P. Steinrück, R. Denecke, C. Papp and I. Stensgaard. Finally, I want to express my gratitude to E. Miniussi for the careful revision of the manuscript.

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    Alessandro Baraldi

  2. Surface Science Laboratory, Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34149, Trieste, Italy

    Alessandro Baraldi

  3. Laboratorio TASC, IOM-CNR, Area Science Park, S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34149, Trieste, Italy

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Baraldi, A. (2015). High-Energy Resolution Core Level Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Diffraction: Powerful Tools to Probe Physical and Chemical Properties of Solid Surfaces. In: Mobilio, S., Boscherini, F., Meneghini, C. (eds) Synchrotron Radiation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55315-8_19

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